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>> if john boehner said, look, i know we have to raise this rate. i'm willing to raise rates. i know that we could cut out some deductions on the corporate side. we can get some income in other ways. let's talk about that. then i think the conversation could be had at that table. >> ifill: how about reaching an agreement on some of the spending by, for instance, raising the eligibility age for medicare? was that something that you could imagine, raising real money from? >> i think we have to look at these a little bit different. we have to lo at e budget which is, o course, nondiscretionary spending, nondefense discretionary and defense spending, the trillion dollars we've already committed. the way we start the conversation about medicare has to be -- we haven't yet heard the republicans say this -- it has to be from our point of view start with the fact that we are going to strengthen and protect and assure that medicare continues for our current seniors and for future seniors. we will not cut benefits. we don't want to cut eligibility at either. i think it has to be univers
>> if john boehner said, look, i know we have to raise this rate. i'm willing to raise rates. i know that we could cut out some deductions on the corporate side. we can get some income in other ways. let's talk about that. then i think the conversation could be had at that table. >> ifill: how about reaching an agreement on some of the spending by, for instance, raising the eligibility age for medicare? was that something that you could imagine, raising real money from? >> i...
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. >> woodruff: the president phoned house speaker john boehner yesterday, their first direct talk in almost a week. but today white house spokesman jay carney wouldn't share details of the call. >> we believe it's in the interest of achieving an agreement not to do that. >> reporter: treasury secretary timothy geithner said yesterday the white house was absolutely willing to go over the cliff if republicans held firm in their opposition to raising rates on the wealthy. but it was the administration's other demand-- to give the president authority over the nation's debt ceiling that roiled tempers on capitol hill. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell tried yesterday to force a vote on the issue, assuming republicans would prevail. >> look, the only way we ever cut spending around here is by using the debate over the debt limit to do it. now the president wants to remove that spur to cut altogether. it gets in the way of his spending plans. i assure you, it's not going to happen. >> reporter: but when majority leader harry reid took him up on the offer today, mcconnell backed down. >
. >> woodruff: the president phoned house speaker john boehner yesterday, their first direct talk in almost a week. but today white house spokesman jay carney wouldn't share details of the call. >> we believe it's in the interest of achieving an agreement not to do that. >> reporter: treasury secretary timothy geithner said yesterday the white house was absolutely willing to go over the cliff if republicans held firm in their opposition to raising rates on the wealthy. but it...
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that john bayne kerr come out of it not a diminished figure. but he's holding all the cards right now, barack obama. >> woodruff: you see the president having as many cards as mark? >> i think the president clearly has the upper hand. i think if we do go off the cliff and recession, i think the fiscal cliff is completely unpredic unpredict-- predictable, especially with a fragile economy, the wall street and the corporate economists are deeply scared about it. that recession really would, you know, wreck his term because we would be obsessed with that for the next couple of years. and so i don't think it's a total walk for him but he clearly has the upper hand. and then there is just the sheer fact of the numbers. say they reach a compromise. i think the republicans are likely to cave on the rate and you close a few deductions. >> do you think they will. >> i do. >> because they are saying they are not going to cave. >> there is going to be no deal on that. they are to the going to go into january, as mark said, and say to the country, hey, we'
that john bayne kerr come out of it not a diminished figure. but he's holding all the cards right now, barack obama. >> woodruff: you see the president having as many cards as mark? >> i think the president clearly has the upper hand. i think if we do go off the cliff and recession, i think the fiscal cliff is completely unpredic unpredict-- predictable, especially with a fragile economy, the wall street and the corporate economists are deeply scared about it. that recession really...
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john irvine of "independent television news" and his camera man sean swan traveled to the idlib region in the north west part of the country and filed this report. >> reporter: he's among the injured in the battle of control-- these rebel fighters had seized a strategic building only to have it brought down on top of them by tank shells. the wounded quickly ferried. dusty but unscathed. this rebel said just minor setback. the man had trouble hearing because his ears ringing from explosions. minutes later we knew how he felt. a syrian army tank in the valley had spotted our position. where we were ( explosions ) the rebels fired back with all they had which wasn't much. a.k.-47s. against tanks you can see why this is such a slog. battle of attrition. syrian army still has most of the fire power. it may be slow going but nature of battle has changed. it used to be syrian army that laid siege, but now the other way round. the rebels own the countryside-- these people have been bombed back to the dark ages. their home destroyed by the assad regime and living in a roman byre. among many fam
john irvine of "independent television news" and his camera man sean swan traveled to the idlib region in the north west part of the country and filed this report. >> reporter: he's among the injured in the battle of control-- these rebel fighters had seized a strategic building only to have it brought down on top of them by tank shells. the wounded quickly ferried. dusty but unscathed. this rebel said just minor setback. the man had trouble hearing because his ears ringing from...
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: in his first interview since the election, president obama rejected a proposal from house speaker john boehner. he spoke on bloomberg television. >> unfortunately the speaker's proposal right now is still out of balance. i'm happy to entertain other ideas that the republicans may present. but we are not going to simply cut our way to prosperity or to cut our way out of this deficit problem that we have. we're going to need more revenues. in order to do that, that starts with higher rates for the folks at the top. >> reporter: the president did say today he would consider lowering rates again for the top two percent next year as part of a broader tax overhaul. the house republican plan envisions $2.2 trillion in deficit reductions over the next decade. $800 billion would come from new revenues but with no hike in tax rates for top earners. instead the plan reles on .2 trillion in reduced spending including $600 billion from changes in medicare and medicaid. at the white house today, the president met with a bipartisan group of governors pressing his own plan for deficit reduction. that
: in his first interview since the election, president obama rejected a proposal from house speaker john boehner. he spoke on bloomberg television. >> unfortunately the speaker's proposal right now is still out of balance. i'm happy to entertain other ideas that the republicans may present. but we are not going to simply cut our way to prosperity or to cut our way out of this deficit problem that we have. we're going to need more revenues. in order to do that, that starts with higher...